The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 09, 1914, Page 2, Image 2
TWO (illlLS l>ilOW\.
Horse Jumps in Mill Pond With Sistors
in I5ii?j?y.
Lexington, April 4.?.Misses Jessie
and Flossie Crout, aged 20 and 11>
years, respectively, lost their lives
in Taylor's mill pond, about fifteen
miles south of Lexington, at 2 o'clock
this afternoon when the mule they
were driving made a wild dash into
ti e pond while they were crossing the
dam. Elzie Crout, a brother of the
young ladies, aged about 12 or 13
years, who was*in the buggy at the
time of the accident, barely escaped
with his life, he having managed
to get to the bank. His escape is
said to have been almost miraculous, j
The accident happened almost I
within sight of the home of the young j
women, as they were returning from
J Swansea, where they went yesterday
to visit relatives. There were 110
witnesses to the accident. The home 1
of Mr. Azarias Taylor is almost with- j
in a stones throw of the pond where
the young women were drowned. Mrs. 1
Taylor and her little daughter, the
only members of the family at home
at the time, were attracted by the
girls' screams. They were unable
to lend assistance and the lad, too
young to aid his sisters, struggled in
the water in an effort to save his own !
life. The mule swam to the opposite
shore after he had managed to get i
loose from the buggy.
It was possibly half an hour before
the men nearby reached the scene
and it was an hour before the bodies
of the y< ung women were recovered.
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Webster Smith, in enarge 01 me
search, found both bodies. The older
girl, Miss Jessie Crout. was still in
the buggy in a sitting posture. Miss
Flossie Crout was rescued from beneath
the buggy. The water where
the young women lost their lives was
about eight feet deep. Elzie. the
little boy, says that he saw his sisters
rise two or three times, but he
was unable to give them aid.
The accident has shocked the entire
community as nothing has shocked
the people in recent years. The 1
young women were popular in the |
community and their sudden and untimely
end is a great shock to their
family and friends. They were
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel !
Crout, one of the oldest and most j
highly esteemed families of the Pond
Branch section. Besides their
parents the young ladies are survived
by several brothers and sisters.
Suggestions by Hand.
Prof. W. H. Hand offers the following
suggestions to teachers:
'The end of the school year is approaching,
and I venture to offer a i
few innocent suggestions to some of j
my fellow teachers. Is it not possible
to have fewer commencements
and diplomas and no baccalaureate j
sermons and baccalaureate addresses |
in our common schools? Let us not be
so vain. Leave these pompous airs
to the collegette, Mr. Swearingen's
hapily named 'monohippic college.'
Such airs are the crowning glory
of that nondescript institution. A
man of simple tastes must have a
curious sensation when he is invited
to deliver an annual sermon or
a baccalaureate address before a half
dozen young girls in short dresses
and half as many boys in knickerbockers,
pompously styled the graduating
class. We teachers suffer immensely
from such grandiose performances7
"It is entirely proper to make the
closing exercises of your school enjoyable
and instructive, but there is
no possible defence for taking days
and even weeks of your time, and
your pupils' time, preparing for elab
orate display to gratify anybody's
vanity. Time is too precious and the
school revenue is too small to be
spent in mere stage show. Let us
have a little less tinsel, bombast and
folderrol. Make your exercises simple,
brief and elevating. Avoid
coarse negro minstrel shows and
cheap vaudeville performances. They
degrade. Our youngsters are already
too much inclined toward flippancy,
clownishness and the limelight. They
need training in dignity and poise.
Let your exercises be fresh. Permit
Spartacus and the rest of the gladiators
to take a rest and leave off Benedict
Arnold and the black horse for
one season. All about you are fresh
and inviting subjects.
"The money spent on engraved invitations
might be better spent for
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given tor diplomas would furnish
your school with some much-needed
maps."
SPAKTAX COMMITS SUICIDE.
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Father of Fight Cliildren Takes Pose
of Poison.
Spartanburg, April 1,?L. Y. McAbee,
48 years old. sewing machine
salesman, took poison at his home at
Fairmont early this morning and died
this afternoon. He is reported to
have been heavily in debt and to have
worried about it. Mr. McAbee is
survived by his wife and six daughters
and two sons.
NO MOKE DKIXKING IN NAVY.
Secretary Daniels's Order Even Excludes
Wine Mess.
Washington, Api:il ">.?Absolute
prohibition will prevail in the United
States navy after July 1 next. Secretary
Daniels to-night made public a
^ ^nnt rrnlv will
a ?? CCl'Illg UIUCI, n 1I1V.1I uv/1 w . . . .
abolish the traditional "wine mess"
of the officers, but will bar all alcoholic
liquors from every ship and
j shore station of the navy. This orj
der, constituting one of the most
notable victories ever won by proI
hibition forces, was issued at the
recommendation of Surgeon General
Braisted. It was brief and to the
point:
"The use or introduction for drinking
purposes of alcoholic liquors on
board any naval vessel, or within any
navy yard or station, is strictly prohibited,
and commanding officers will
be held directly? responsible for the
enforcement of this order."
Agrees With Braisted.
In a statement to-night Secretary
Daniels said: "I am in hearty agreement
with the views expressed by the
surgeon general. There should not be
on shipboard with reference to intoxicants
one rule for officers and another
and a different rule for the enlisted
personnel. The saddest hour in my
official life is when an officer or enlisted
man must be punished for intoxication.
During the past week it
has been my painful duty to approve
a courtmartial for dismissal from the
service of an officer for intoxication.
He told me that he never had tasted
intoxicants until he did so in the wine
mess on a cruiser.
"Officers now are commissioned at
the early age of 22 years. Has the
I ofA,.A,.nmailt o vicrlit tr\ normit thie
5V> ci inii^nt a i w yv* A<i*v v ? v
temptation, which too often destroys
the highest usefulness of young officers?
I think not. If there is one
profession more than any other that
calls for a clear head and a steady
hand, it is the naval pprofession.
Experience has shown the wisdom of
having no intoxicants on our ships
for the voung men who enlist.
Uniform Kule.
"I believe experience has demonstrated
that a uniform rule should
prevail in the navy for all who enlist
in the service, from the highest rank
to the youngest enlisted man or officer
who comes into the service, and
that abolition of the wine mess will
be justified. The new order will replace
that section of the naval instructions
which permits the formation
of wine messes."
Thi6 provision reads: "Ward room
officers may form a wine mess, of
which all commissioned officers and
warrant officers attached to the ship
may become members on the payment
of mess entrance fees, but no officer
shall be required to become a mem
ber thereof. Suitable locker room
for wine mess stores shall be provided
when fitting a ship for sea."
While admitting that the old regulation
conforms to the letter of the
laws. Surgeon General Braisted in his
letter to Secretary Daniels declared:
"It may be an open question how
far it fulfils those laws in spirit."
HIS SHOE WAS HIS BAXK.
Johnson Was Afraid to Show Policemen
Money.
i Spartanburg, April 5.?When OsI
car Johnson, white man, was arraigned
before Magistrate Robert J.
Gantt yesterday as a vagrant, and
charged by the rural policemen who
arrested him at Spartanburg Junction
Friday with having no visible
means of support, he produced a
j ten-dollar bill from a reserve bank in
j the toe of his shoe. He was discharged.
The man said he would not tell
the policemen that he had money,
because he feared they would take it
away irom mm.
MURDERED WHILE HE SLEPT.
Raker at Hawkinsville, Ga., Dead.
Nephew Held.
Hawkinsville. Ga., April 5.?P. O.
Bonnell, age 22, a baker, was murdered
at an early hour this morning
as he lay asleep in bed. His nephew,
Harry Lee, age 18, who roomed with
Bonnell, says that his uncle was slain
by a negro who used an axe with
which to commit the deed, the noise
awakening Lee as the black fled. He
gave the alarm immediately and and
investigation is now being made by a
coroner's jury. Lee has been arrested.
Bonnell recently came here from
Live Oak, Fla. He is survived by his
wife and several brothers.
To He Made Postmasters.
Washington. April 3.?After civil
service examination .Miles B. Cope
has been endorsed by Representative
Byrnes for postmaster at Port Royal,
and will be appointed. The same is
true of S. S. Lee. of Langley, Aiken
county. Mrs. Effie Gunter has been
appointed postmistress at Seivern,
also in Aiken county, to succeed her
husband, who resigned.
BROWNING, CANDIDA
Times Gives Account of Visit
Farmer, Active in Halls
Sketch of His Acts
(From The Union Times, .March 31,
1914.)
The writer had the pleasure sometime
ago of visiting the farm of Hon.
Lowndes Browning in Cross Keys
township.
Years ago, .Mr. Browning realized
that the one crop, all cotton, theory
of farming was a delusion and a
snare, and he began raising ms own
meat and corn. It has been 24 years
sice he has had to use any cotton
money to buy meat for his plantation.
Not that he has not bought
bacon all these years, but each year :
he has sold more than enough hogs,
hams and lard to buy all the meat
needed on his place. He has a very
nice bunch of short-horn cattle and
a fine flock of Rambaulliet sheep.
In fact, he lives at home.
He is president of the County Far-:
mers' Union, and during his administration,
this organization has put
on new life, and is proving quite
beneficial to its members in the pur-!
chase of fertilizers, and other farm j
supplies.
Mr. Browning is very much inter- '
ested in the education of the rising j
generation, and he takes great pride
in the consolidated school that has
been established at Sedalia. largely
through his efforts. As an incentive
to agricultural development, he has i
given the use of several acres of i
land adjoining the school lot, on
which the school board will have
an experimental farm for three
years, profits to be used for the
school.
He has served several terms in the
house of representatives, during the
session of 1911-12 being chairman
of the Ways and Means committee,
and the two appropriation bills introduced
by the committee were only
amended by the house to the amount
of $83.75. This is a record that has
never been equaled by the Ways and
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.Means COiliIIJidec ui a.ti? uvii^i i,v> ui> |
The senate made few changes, and
the vetoes of the governor were
always opposed by a majority of the
house, in most instances, by the necessary
two-thirds majority.
Mr. Browning was the author of
the refunding bill of 1912, and while
this bill involved about $6,000,000.
one of the largest financial measures
ever handled by the State, the
house of representatives passed it
without a dissenting voice, even a
aye and nay vote. When it was
vetoed by the governor, it was passed
over his veto in the house by a
vote of 79 to 10, and an equally
large majority in the- senate. This
act, if placed in operation, should
save the taxpayers of the State
around $100,000 per year for twenty
years.
He was also the author of the
asylum bond issue joint resolution,
submitted to the people at the last
election. While this resolution received
a majority of the votes, it
did not receive the two-thirds vote
which the resolution called for,
therefore, did not become law. Had
this been enacted into law, it would
have proved a solution of this very
difficult problem, which is still unsettled.
He was the author of the bill
which placed the selection of the
commissioner of agriculture in the
hands of the people, thus putting
this important department of the
government on a parity with the other
departments of the State government.
He was the author of a number
of other bills of benefit to the State,
but too tedious to mention here.
Mr. Browning will be in the campaign
this summer as a candidate
for governor, and of the numerous
candidates for this position already
KILLED LITTLE BOi".
Sad Tragedy at St. Stephens Follows
Altercation.
St. Stephens, April 4.?in a difficulty
this afternoon between R. E.
Briscoe and Ben Bradley, both of this
place. Briscoe, it is said, in attempting
to shoot Bradley, fired the gun
and killed the little son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. A. Jaudon instantly. The
little fellow received the whole load
of shot intended for Bradley in his
breast. Bradley saved himself by
catching hold of the muzzle of the
gun. He lost almost the entire hand,
it being shot away by the same load
that killed the child. The boy was
about 7 years of age and a fine little
fellow. The family is prostrated
with grief. Briscoe was taken in
charge by the police and was taken |
to jail by the sheriff. Excitement
was very hfefrT Cut violence was prevented
by cooler heads. The little
i fellow was well known in the town
s and will be sadly missed. The heartfelt
sympathy of the entire people
of the town is extended to the bereaved
family.
LAWYER GOES TO SING SIXG.
Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Forging
Client's Xame.
1 Xew York. April I.?Augustus M.
- Price, for thirty years one of the most
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' prominent lawyers in Brooklyn, was j
. to-day sentenced to serve from two
i and a half to five years' imprison- !
ment in Sing Sing after pleading
guilty to forging a client's name.
Price is a graduate of Rutgers Col
lege. His summer home is one of the
show places of New Brunswick, N. J.
TE FOR GOVERNOR
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to His Home?Progressive
of Legislature?Brief j
as Public Servant. |
announced, he is the only one who,
so far, has dared to outline a platform
of constructive legislation for
the future. He has done this because
he is very anxious for the
people to have ample time to study
and digest the changes he proposes.
In other words, he does not want
this high position because he is' a
gUUU teilUVV, UX CL UUXXgCUldl tuillpanion,
but because the legislation
which he advocates would be of great
benefit to the people of our State.
Therefore, he wants the people to be
informed, and have ample time to
digest these matters, so that they
can vote intelligently at the primary.
He believes in nonest elections:
he does not care particularly how
this is brought about, so that every
white Democrat can vote in our primary.
He does believe that such
restrictions should be thrown around
the primary as will prevent dead
men, radicals, Bull Mooses and residents
of other States, naming the
standard bearers of the democracy
of South Carolina.
He is in favor of a thorough reform
of our school laws, so that it
shall become the duty of the State,
and not of the various counties, to
educate the children of the State.
It is contrary to ail public policy,
that negro children in one county
shall receive more per capita for
their education than white children
of another county, as is now the case.
All are the children of the State of
South Carolina, and not of any specific
county: therefore, it is the duty
of the State to see that each child
has an equal opportunity to obtain
a common school education.
He is in favor of a thorough reform
of our taxing department, so
that the ourdens of government will
fall on those most able to bear it and
who receive the greatest benefit from
it. As at present organized, the taxing
department of our government
expends its greatest energy placing
every mangy pig. lousy calf, bankrupt
stock of goods, and all half
worn household and kitchen furniture,
on the tax books, while many
just sources of revenue are left
untouched.
In other words, under our present
tiv lou-e onr tav nffinials are. with
devoted zeal, catching the measly
revenues that drip from the spigot,
while the bung is left wide open,
and just revenues, that should enrich
the coffers of the State, are allowed
to flow into the pockets of
private individuals and corporations.
He believes that our land-holdings
in this State are entirely too large,
and that for the greatest development
and prosperity of our State,
we should have a large increase of
white citizens who own their homes.
He feels that he Knows the necessary
legislation to bring this > about,
and in the campaign this summer,
will develop this idea.
He also believes that our present
laws in regard to land titles work
a great hardship on the owner, when
he wishes to hypothecate his lands
to borrow money. He is in favor of
adopting the Torrens System of land
registration as rapidly as the needs
of the people require.
There are a number of other reforms
of minor importance, that
would be of,benefit to our State, and
these he will also bring to the attention
of the people during the campaign.
In closing this brief sketch it is not
amiss to say that Mr. Browning is a
man of pleasing personality, loyal to
his friends and considerate of all.
He is, nevertheless, a man of strong
character and great determination.
He will make himself felt in the race,
for governor this summer.?adv.
HIS SONS SUCCEED HIM.
Editor James L. Sims Retires From
Active Newspaper Work.
Orangeburg, April 1.?In the
Times and Democrat, of this city, of
yesterday, Mr. James L. Sims, for so
many years its proprietor and editor,
makes the announcement that both
the business and editorial departments
had been by him turned over'
to his sons, Mr. J. Izlar Sims becoming
the business manager, and
Messrs. Hugo S. and Henry R. Sims
editors. The announcement of the
retirement of the veteran editor who
recently became United States mar
shal for South Carolina, will De received
with regret by the best of
friends he has made since placing
his fortunes in the keeping of the
people of this city and county.
There has not been a day since Mr.
Sims took charge of the papers which
he merged into the one he now retires
from, that he has not given the
people a first class newspaper and a
clean sheet morally and politically.
The retiring editor will be missed by
the readers of the Times and Democrat
and also by the brethren of the
State press. But he has left his
charge in good hands.
The three young men who are now
to take their honored father's place
?ill J/-.,,
in tins conimunuy win uu u^uut
measure up to the importance of the
business they have assumed command
of and the people will continue to
give them loyal and sincere support.
Every one wishes for them the
achievement of still greater success.
If there was any money in Torreon
when the rebels captured it, we know
who has it now.?News and Courier.
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I The final touch ?
f to your Easter Costume!
j A pretty, well-dressed foot, peeping daintily beneath the
hem of your Easter gown?that's the final Red Cross touch you
want.
The Red Cross Shoe will add a final touch to your Easter pleasures,
too, for in this shoe the last of the day's steps are as easy as |
the first. I yV.Aj
The smartes^of the smart new models are awaiting you. Oxfords ,
and pumps, patents and tans, satins and suedes?here you will find
just the style you want to set off your Easter costume.
Better come in early?before the Easter rush begins.
Prices: $3.50 to $5.00
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S "The Right Price Store" Bamberg, S. C. g
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Farm Wagons J II
The IH C Line T^OR many years the Weber wagon
<^S?AY ^as been accepted as the standard ^
i&fc lESS ?* wa^on va^ue everywhere. No model of i
R*k?, sucJST the Weber wagon was ever so good as the
H?y Loadm 1 q-j 4 model now on the market.
H*y frottt ? ' ? ?
corn machines The Columbus wagon this year is the equal of the TO
garter^ kck#r? Weber wagon in every way; where quality and h
En?5e CotE?0" features are concerned, the Weber ana Colambas n
swlm, skredjen wagons are twins. One good feature common to
p?* both is the International nfth wheel, making these h
The Only Fifth Wheel Fann Wagons on the Market |
general line The International fifth wheel prevents the polling |
oa ?d4^EB*iatt up or P^tcbing of the bolster, and therefore does away H
Maavt Spre^m forever with Dent and broken king pins and circle
Crtam S?pmi?n irons. This one feature is worth a trip to town. ?
ikto tSS Go to the I H C local dealer who handles Weber
Tkreieni or Columbus wagons and ask him to show you the
Graia DnBi fifth wheel on these wagons. If you don't know who
iSf GrifwL handles them, write to us and we will tell you where 1
BiJtrTwSr y?u may see them.
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I RILEY & COPELAND | J p Carter B D C*rU*
o Successors to W. P. Riley.. 2 castes & castes i
| Fire, Life | Attorneys-at-Law
Accident bamberg, s. c.
insurance 4 Special attention given to set
Office in J. D. Copeland's Store tlement of estates and invest*. *
X BAMBERG, S. C. \ gation of land titles. ^
g. moye dickinson Estate Bargains
INSURANCE AGENT OAA ' ~T. ?.
200 acre farm with dwelling worth
Will Write Anything $2,500 and other out buildings, all
for $5,000. Situate hear the Kearse
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r ire, xoriiauo, acuucui, ?^ia- i ntigiiuuiuuuu. x mu ? .0?
bility, Casualty, in the I Several good farms in Buford's
strongest and most re- Bridge township for $lo.00 per acre.
liable companies. G?od bargains and ternis t0 suit Pur"
v chasers. I ^
My Motto: "Buy What I Need A ?00d Piece of Main street hroin
Bamberg, and From Those pert*f?rr f}*\ Rents for $2*}% ^
__ _ . . ? .. month or $390 per annum. Will sell
Who Patronize Me. f0r cash for $4,000. '
. H. M. GRAHAM I
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